Rearming the UK: What equipment? and how much?

[Grey Havoc]

Oh dear.

 

[timmymagic]

Someone in MoD has done 2+2 = 4....

"Whilst this week, the MOD agreed to regenerate the UK’s ability to produce forgings for gun barrels, working in partnership with Sheffield Forgemasters, supporting the repair and overhaul of Ukrainian vehicles; this is the first step towards UK sovereign barrel production which has been developing for 20 years. "

Barrel manufacturing for 155 and 105 is starting again....at Forgemasters in Sheffield, which the MoD owns....

Huge facility and genuinely world class at what they do....these are the guys who made the barrels for Saddam's Supergun...(and let MI-5 know that it wasn't an oil pipe...so it could be stopped before shipping...). If anyone can make high end barrels and turn them out at a real pace its them....and BAE aren't involved!

UK Government and defence industry stepping up support for Ukraine

Defence Secretary John Healey met UK defence industry leaders to discuss support for Ukraine

www.gov.uk

 

[zen]

Barrel manufacturing for 155 and 105 is starting again....at Forgemasters in Sheffield, which the MoD owns....

Praise the Gods and hear the cheering of 500 years of cannon smithing.
And let's keep BAE Systems out of this.

 

[timmymagic]

this is the first step towards UK sovereign barrel production which has been developing for 20 years. "

Have to say this confuses me....barrel production only ceased in 2018....perhaps it was using forgings from elsewhere.